How common is the surname Fritz?

33,224 people in the United States had the surname Fritz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,293 Americans. It ranked 1,055th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fritz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fritz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fritz?

Taylor Fritz, American tennis player (born 1997), followed by Marianne Fritz.

Where is the surname Fritz most common?

Wikidata records people named Fritz in the United States and Austria.

How do you pronounce Fritz?

Fritz is /fɹɪts/, one syllable.

Is the surname Fritz getting more or less common?

More common. 33,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,224 in 2010, up 0.5%.

Is Fritz also a first name?

Yes. Fritz is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Fritz

A German surname, carried by 33,224 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fɹɪts/ 1 syllable Soundex F632 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fritz is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,224 people named Fritz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,293 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 33,068.

#1,055

rank among US surnames

33,224

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #966)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,046	McGowan	33,340	9,261
#1,047	Barlow	33,335	9,262
#1,048	Shea	33,329	9,264
#1,049	Ewing	33,314	9,268
#1,050	Bright	33,281	9,277
#1,051	Becerra	33,274	9,279
#1,052	Lindsay	33,255	9,284

Who is named Fritz

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Fritz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fritzs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Taylor Fritz
American tennis player (born 1997)
Marianne Fritz
Austrian writer (1948–2007)
John Fritz
American engineer, 1822–1913
Martin Fritz
Austrian nordic combined skier, born 1994

Notable Fritzs come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fritz

Fritz has the Soundex code F632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F632.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fritz come from?: Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).
How common is the surname Fritz?: 33,224 people in the United States had the surname Fritz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,293 Americans. It ranked 1,055th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fritz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fritz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fritz?: Taylor Fritz, American tennis player (born 1997), followed by Marianne Fritz.
Where is the surname Fritz most common?: Wikidata records people named Fritz in the United States and Austria.
How do you pronounce Fritz?: Fritz is /fɹɪts/, one syllable.
Is the surname Fritz getting more or less common?: More common. 33,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,224 in 2010, up 0.5%.
Is Fritz also a first name?: Yes. Fritz is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.